The Dearborn man often comes down to Monroe County to golf with his brother-in-law, Jerry Thompson of Carleton.

For the second time in the past three years, Haywood has been witness to a hole-in-one by Thompson.

What makes the story even more amazing is that Thompson lost his right leg below the knee and his left hand when he was hit by a train in 1980.

He never played golf before the accident.

"My dad kept telling me, `You can do this,'" Thompson said. "I started golfing and I got hooked."

He has a one-handed swing with his right hand, carrying an average of about 85 for 18 holes.

Thompson, 47, got his first hole-in-one on the No. 15 island green at Thorne Hills Golf Course on July 6 of 2005.

He earned his second ace at the same course on June 29. This one came on the 130-yard, No. 9 hole. He used a 7-wood and finished the round with an 80.

"I never saw it," he said of the latest hole-in-one. "It was behind a bunker. We went looking for it and my brother-in-law said, `It's in the hole.'

"That guy is really getting mad at me. He was with me the last time I did it. He practices all the time and takes the game real seriously. I don't practice at all. I just walk up and smack them."

Thompson doesn't play in any leagues, but tries to get in a round each week.

"They've been bugging me to go on the handicap tour," he said. "I can't afford that."

So, are the hole-in-ones lucky or a product of skill?

"Both, I think," Thompson said with a chuckle. "This one was really sloppy. It hit on the edge of the bunker and went straight in the air."

Hitting the ball straight may be the key to Thompson's success.

"I always go right for the pin," he said. "They told me that's probably why I got the hole-in-ones."